President Trump’s Executive Order delivered on his campaign promise to get “transgender insanity the hell out of our schools” and to keep men out of women’s sports. With numerous young, aspiring female athletes looking onwards, President Trump signed the executive order that will maintain the integrity of female sports, and give girls across this country the right to biologically fair and equal competition.
The Executive Order, specifically, would rescind and void access to federal funds going towards organizations that refused to recognize the biological truths of the XX and XY chromosomes, of which men, because of their XY chromosomes, are granted comparatively enhanced strength and performance. If an institution allowed men to compete against women, then that institution would be made ineligible for federal funds. This follows an Executive Order signed by the President on his first day in office which made male and female the only officially recognized genders of the United States government.
“Under the Trump Administration, we’ll defend the proud tradition of female athletes and not allow men to beat up, injure, or cheat our women and girls. From now on women’s sports will be only for women,” President Trump said as he was met with a room full of applause. He continued, later declaring, “With this executive order, the war on women’s sports is over.”
President Trump spoke on the reasoning behind his signing of the executive order, reminiscing on Riley Gaines’s experience with biological male, Lia Thomas, who cheated Gaines out of an incredible finish to her swimming career, as well as shared a locker room with the women’s swim team while they were forced to change with him present. Additionally, the President spoke about a 17-year-old volleyball player from North Carolina, Payton McNabb, who had a much more physical experience from competing against biological men in women’s sports.
“Payton was a rock star athlete preparing for a future in college sports but in one volleyball match, a much taller, stronger male spiked the ball right in her face, knocking her unconscious, partially paralyzing her right side, and leaving her with a traumatic brain injury”, the President stated, “and Payton said it was 100% avoidable if only my rights as a female athlete had been more important than a man’s feelings. And we can’t let it happen. Not going to happen. Not going to happen anymore, Payton.”
Following President Trump’s Executive Order, NCAA President Charlie Baker barred transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports. The NCAA released a statement on the matter regarding their initial reaction to the President’s Executive Order.
“The NCAA is an organization made up of 1,100 colleges and universities in all 50 states that collectively enroll more than 530,000 student-athletes,” their statement read, “We strongly believe that clear, consistent, and uniform eligibility standards would best serve today’s student-athletes instead of a patchwork of conflicting state laws and court decisions. To that end, President Trump’s order provides a clear, national standard.”
Today, nearly half of all US States have laws barring transgender athletes from competing outside of their biological gender with an emphasis on men in women’s sports. President Trump’s executive order puts in place a uniform, national law.
The West Press interviewed student-athletes across Ohio on their thoughts relating to the President’s Executive Order. Many referred to the ban as “common sense.”
One Lakota West senior replied, “As someone who competes in a 1 on 1 contact sport. I completely support the ban. Wrestling a 120-pound girl and a 120-pound boy is COMPLETELY different, strength and speed-wise. Even if they have less experience than me, I still can get easily overpowered by their strength and speed. If men are allowed to compete in the girls division, many people would get seriously hurt.”
“I’m not gonna lie, as someone neutral, I don’t support either party but I feel like this was supposed to happen a long while ago,” a Sharonville collegiate-level student told the West Press. “Biologically this makes sense since men are simply stronger than women biologically speaking.”
One Cleveland high school junior said, “It’s a great thing. There’s nothing stopping me from claiming I’m a woman and in today’s society, you’ll be canceled if you go against what I say I am,” He continued. “I can then get recruited to college, taking spots and scholarships on teams meant for actual women and subsequently win events easily – events meant for only women.”
Only a few more than twenty days into his Presidency and the Trump Administration’s pace shows no stopping. With more to come over the next four years, America will see how President Trump uses his mandate of 76 million Americans to “Make America Great Again.”
